Sales data providers: List of U.S. and Canada active retailers
CONNECT receives direct product sales data from thousands of retailers in the U.S. and Canada every day. We track physical and digital music sales across the retail spectrum, from indie record stores and concert merch tables to big-box chains and e-commerce giants.
We add retail providers that register with us and meet our criteria for reporting product sales data. After approval and onboarding, retail providers send us daily or weekly data transfers from a point of sale system. Inactive (non-reporting) retailers may be asked to reapply and repeat the onboarding process.
See below for lists of the top U.S. and Canada retailers in CONNECT. If you have questions about our sales data, check Methodology FAQs.
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Activity reported by retailers
Retailers report sales at the Product (ICPN/barcode) level. In addition to the number of units sold, we collect data on how people buy music: store type, purchase method, product type, etc.
We track Product Sales by:
Distribution Channel
Digital or Physical
Purchase Method
Online or Storefront
Store Strata
Retailer category (Mass Market, E-Commerce, D2C, etc.)
Release Type and Product Format
Configuration (album, EP, single) and format of the item (vinyl, cassette, CD)
Some activity details are visible in CONNECT as Breakout Views; others are optional filters.
Reporting retailers
We receive direct sales data from all major music retailers. See below for samples of active reporters in the U.S. and Canada. Full provider lists are subject to change based on reporting requirements and frequency.
For digital-only providers (Streams and Song Sales), refer to our list of DSPs.
U.S. active retailers
Product Sales and Song Sales
Retailer | Store Strata | Product Sales | Song Sales | Online | Storefront |
Amazon | E-Commerce | X | X | X |
|
Amoeba Music | Independent | X |
|
| X |
Bandcamp
| D2C | X | X | X |
|
Barnes & Noble | Mass Market | X |
| X | X |
Beatport | E-Commerce | X | X | X |
|
Best Buy | Mass Market | X |
| X | X |
Bull Moose | Independent | X |
|
| X |
Famehouse | D2C | X | X | X |
|
Music Millennium | Independent | X |
| X | X |
Newbury Comics
| Independent | X |
| X | X |
Reckless Records | Independent | X |
|
| X |
Single Music | D2C | X | X | X |
|
Super D | E-Commerce | X |
| X |
|
Target | Mass Market | X |
| X | X |
Trans World | Mass Market | X |
|
| X |
Urban Outfitters | Non-Traditional | X |
| X | X |
Walmart | Mass Market | X |
| X | X |
Warner Music Group | D2C | X | X | X |
|
Waterloo Records | Independent | X |
| X | X |
Zia Records | Independent | X |
| X | X |
Providers listed alphabetically
Canada active retailers
Product Sales and Song Sales
Retailer | Store Strata | Product Sales | Song Sales | Online | Storefront |
| Amazon | E-Commerce | X | X | X |
|
| Amuse Ground | Non-Traditional | X |
|
| X |
Anderson CMMI | Mass Market | X |
|
| X |
Archambault/Renaud-Bray | Mass Market | X |
|
| X |
Bandcamp
| D2C | X | X | X |
|
| Beatport | E-Commerce | X | X | X |
|
Chapters | Mass Market | X |
|
| X |
| Famehouse | D2C | X | X | X |
|
| Kops Records | Independent | X |
|
| X |
Le Noise
| Independent | X |
| X | X |
| Single Music | D2C | X | X | X |
|
Sonic Boom Music | Independent | X |
|
| X |
Sukoshi Mart | Non-Traditional | X |
| X | X |
Sunrise Records | Mass Market | X |
|
| X |
| Urban Outfitters | Non-Traditional | X |
| X | X |
| Warner Music Group | D2C | X | X | X |
|
Providers listed alphabetically
The above lists are representative, not exhaustive. Some stores report only a few sales or don’t report consistently. If you have questions about a retailer not listed, check providers in CONNECT (see below) or contact us.
Most reporting retailers send data directly to Luminate via secure file transfer. However, we receive some sales information from other kinds of data partners. We get venue sales data from atVenu and aggregated independent retail data from StreetPulse.
We also use modeling to fill in a remainder of indie sales data from non-reporting stores. Read more in our FAQs.
View retail providers in CONNECT
Access to provider-level data depends on your subscription type and account permissions. Not all accounts can view provider breakouts. Some provider-level detail may be limited to claimed musical assets.
Dashboards: Activity by Provider
Scroll to Activity by Provider and opt for a Grid View to see a list of retailers that reported sales in your selected time frame and location.
Analysis: Providers
Set Activity Type:Product Sales, then choose the PROVIDERS tab. Open Data Controls and go to Activity Options > Product Sales to filter retail activity.
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